All students need some sort of mentor when they begin to navigate through the university system. In fact, some universities even assign a mentor to each student, especially at the post-graduate level. However, the mentor-student personality match isn’t always right and then the student isn’t able to get what they really need from the situation: Trust and confidence that this person is out for the student’s best...

For those of you who are attending college far away from home, this is a time of new found freedom and independence. You’ll look forward to the next several years cramming for major exams, chasing deadlines, meeting new friends, participating in extracurricular activities, crashing frat parties, and many others. However, having an erratic schedule and being sleep deprived will surely wreck havoc on your overall health. Also,...

More than four in five 2015 college graduates expect to earn $25,000 / Ã¢â€šÂ¬22,800 or more a year, but only two in five 2014 college graduates earned $25,000 / Ã¢â€šÂ¬22,800 or less a year. Only fifteen percent of college graduates want to work for large companies and twenty-seven percent consider social networking the best way to get a job. Eight in ten 2015 college graduates expect formal training from their first employer, but...

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